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He said that, “The unfortunate thing is that even when there is no electricity supply for a week, those without meters are still charged and forced to pay. The solution is that AEDC should provide meters to all consumers in the community; this will eliminate the issue of over billing and avoidable conflict between the company and consumers.”

The group has described as insensitive, provocative and illogical the spate of power system collapses despite the hike in the tariff of electricity.

The data further revealed that the national grid collapsed eleven times in the first five months of 2016, compared to six and nine times for the whole of 2015 and 2014 respectively, The Citizen reported. The most recent total system collapse was recorded on 1 June, 2016.

16 February 2016, Abuja — The House of Representatives said Nigeria would require up to 160, 000 megawatts, MW, to meet national…